Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

And the good news is that if you've never created web videos before and don't have the big bucks to hire a professional, there is enough time to learn. Chris Burke is winner of Save the Net viral video contest - check out the video here. Need more inspiration to create video or machinima for social change? Check this out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

We created an Island in Second Life to forward this agenda. We announced a contest to create a game to address issue in Sudan. Darfur Is Dying was the result. The founder and creator of game consulted people in Darfur. Darfur is Dying was created at last year's GFC. We identified four finalists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

whether formal, like focus groups and surveys, or informal is imperative in order to create an effective strategy. When nonprofits and government agencies want to create change on a large scale, they???ve You can create or simulate an experience that can evoke an emotional response from a visitor, as they have done with Camp Darfur.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

You can create a video to explain your position on an issue thats currently in the news, or bring attention to an issue that perhaps should be, but isnt. One example is 24HoursforDarfur who has collected over 800 videos from celebrities, elected officials, and citizens urging Congress to do more about the genocide in Darfur.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

You can create a video to explain your position on an issue thats currently in the news, or bring attention to an issue that perhaps should be, but isnt. One example is 24HoursforDarfur who has collected over 800 videos from celebrities, elected officials, and citizens urging Congress to do more about the genocide in Darfur.

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

84% of people comment, 82% message others, and 39% create content. Tim says MySpace is not good for fundraising, although we have seen some examples of orgs running successful fundraising campaigns, such as Dollars for Darfur. So far, the only real strategy to analyze besides creating groups is the Causes application.

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See3

MAY 25, 2007

Widgets make the web mashable – meaning you create your own web with pieces of this and pieces of that. So, Amazon says, OK, we will create an application that allows people to publish book reviews right on their own Facebook profiles, fully integrated into Facebook, but also back into Amazon.

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